Angle-cock holder



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1927' s. CAMPBELL ANGLE COCK HOLDER Filed March 22, 1925 Patented Oct.18, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STERLING H. CAMPBELL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOIIRI, ASSIGNOR TO RAILWAYDEVICES COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

ANGLE-COCK HOLDER.

Application filed March 22, 1923. Serial No. 626,750.

The object of my invention is to provide a one piece angle cock holderwhich will engage with the hexagonal head of the angle cock on fourfaces and which may be secured to a support having a horizontal lowerface. This I accomplish by so forming and positioning the pocket of theholder that it engages with the head by an upward move: ment in aninclined direction parallel with two of the faces of the head andproviding fastening means which may be engaged with the support by adirect upward movement.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form of angle cockholder made in accordance with my invention, Figure l is a frontelevation and Figure 2 is a side view.

5 indicates the angle cock holder which is formed of a single castingand is provided with a recess 6 to receive the train pipe 7. In orderthat the pocket of the holder may surround four sides or faces of thehexagonal head 8 of the angle cock, I provide a hori zontal flange 9, atone side of which are two inclined flanges 10 and 11, and at the other asingle flange 12. It will be evident that with this constructionthe'holder may be moved into position in the direct-ion indicated by thearrow in Figure 1. To prevent forward movement of the angle cock Iprovide front flanges 13 and 14 respectively, the former of whichprojects inwardly from the flanges 10 and 11, and the latter from theflanges 9 and 12.

An angle plate 15, forming the support for the holder, is secured to theend of a car 16 by bolts 17. The plate 15 is provided with holes for thepassage of threaded studs 18 formed integrally with the holder 5. Nuts19 engage with studs to hold the device in position. The studs 18 may beslotted as indicated at 20 to form locking means for the nuts 19. Thedepth of the recess 6 is preferably equal to the diameter of the trainpipe 7 so' that the angle plate 15 will bear against the upper side ofthe pipe, as shown in Figure 2.

In applying my device to a car the holder is first engaged with the headof the angle cock by an inclined upward movement in thedirectionindicated by the arrow in Figure 1 the train pipe being sprungaway from the supporting plate 15. The pipe and holder are thus allowedto move directly upward together to insert the studs 18 in the holes ofthe supporting plates. The assembling is completed by applying the nuts19 and spreading the ends of the studs to lock the nuts.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is: e

In a device of the class described, the comblnation with a horizontalsupporting plate adapted to be secured to a car and provided withopenings, of a one piece holder and plpe clamp comprising a unitarypocket for an angle cock head and a portion to surround the train pipe,said pocket having two internal faces lying in parallel planes, saidfaces being adapted to engage opposite peripheral faces of the head'ofthe angle-cock, and integral threaded studs on the part of the holdersurrounding the pipe and projecting at an obtuse angle to the saidparallel internal faces of the pocket, said studs passing through theopenings in the supporting plate whereby the train pipe may be clampedagainst said plate.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

STERLING CAMPBELL.

